June 2022
Patent protection for space manufacturing
...includes an explicit provision (Section 105 of 35 USC) specifying that “any invention made, used or sold in outer space on a space object or component thereof under the jurisdiction or control of the United States shall be considered to be made, used...
September 2023
A multifaceted approach to space sustainability
... current discussion. Firstly, when we consider STM, we can only actively manage the trajectory of a small fraction of the space objects in orbit and orbital debris cannot be directed in any way. Ultimately, we will have to remove large legacy debris...
April 2024
The promise of solar energy for sustainable development and space exploration
...solar energy as they promote international cooperation by sharing information about the flight and position of space objects, as well as the nature, conduct, locations and results of activities conducted by States Parties. Lastly, as SPS will require...
24 April 2017
Call for international help with space debris
...is left to other means in which to ‘tidy-up’ this problem. The active removal or deorbiting of selected large defunct space objects was thus seen as key to reverse the debris increase. “The technology required for deorbiting is actively being ...
March 2015
SERC wants us all to get to grips with space junk
... of debris will be slowed, buying time for debris removal technology to be developed. 2. Remove the debris from space. Remote manoeuvre of space objects from the earth is feasible and SERC aims to move debris into safe orbits, or even to de-orbit...
June 2018
Cosmic communications and the anthropology of outer space
... universe and would structure future searches for intelligence elsewhere. Unfortunately, the exotically shaped space object ‘Oumuamua that Breakthrough Listen helped monitor in December 2017 is unlikely to be an alien spacecraft. Another possibility...
